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Chapter 135 - Joint Battle (1)
Chapter 135: Joint Battle (1)
TL: Enuma Novel
After Floor 8 of Nightmare difficulty was cleared.
Person123 had been moving like an absolute whirlwind.
Rescuing every last person in the Isolation Zones, then clearing Floor 9 just days later.
Ẇe b ṅ ö.v е ĺ Ē n̊ ù m̆ ä
And most recently, killing the Zone 5 boss.
[Matthew: How the hell did Person123 pull it off? The Zone 5 gauge, I mean.]
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[Icarus: I heard he filled the entire 15% gauge in just ten minutes?]
[Dawn: But are we sure it was actually Person123?]
[Baguette: Circumstantially, yeah. Who else could it have been]
[SelfDefense: I’m not a Floor 5 climber so I don’t really get it, is that such a big deal?]
Ĕ ň um а . i d̄.
[Wallaby: it’s not a “big deal”, it just flat out makes no sense;]
[EndOfTheWorld: We’re talking about hunting at least several thousand monsters solo. In just ten minutes!]
[Kyrie: And it’s Zone 5, no less. Barely anyone’s set foot in there, but those who know, know. With that fog, killing even one monster takes forever.]
[Oxygen: According to a Security Corps member who was out hunting, there was a flash of light, lightning came crashing down, and the monsters were just dead]
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[Spring: what even is that lmaooo is this a myth or something?]
[Luwob: is Person123 seriously turning into a god…]
Е̌ ǹ u m̄а̂.i̇d̃
Shouldering all nine penalties during the Isolation Zones had already been absurd enough.
But Person123 kept pulling off feats that strayed further and further beyond common sense.
He always had, but it was only getting more extreme.
“Recently, for the first time, the Nightmare Time Limit was extended to two years.”
“That’s right. Thanks to Person123 clearing Floors 8 and 9 back to back. A truly joyous occasion for humanity.”
The broadcast media didn’t have a moment’s rest either.
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Anything related to Person123 was already a cheat code with absolutely guaranteed ratings, no matter how many times they milked it.
And lately, it had been a feast of fresh news pouring in all at once.
The moment they tried to put together one special, another bombshell would drop; they were so busy they could barely keep up.
“Now, getting into our main topic, Person123 has declared he’ll be clearing Nightmare quickly from here on out, hasn’t he?”
“Yes. But Floor 9 was fast, far too fast. Who could have ever imagined it.”
The podcast show, The Jude Noise.
Wе̊ b ň о̃ v е̌ĺ Е̂ñ_u̇ m ӑ
Today’s invited guest was the famous psychologist Richard.
It was a special episode analyzing Person123’s psychology in light of his recent moves.
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Going all the way back to the beginning, tracing the shifts in Person123’s psyche from his very first challenge on Floor 1.
“Everyone knows perfectly well that Person123 is an extremely altruistic, self-sacrificing individual.”
“A great figure the likes of which history will never see again.”
“Indeed. But personally, I don’t believe those tendencies stood out much at all in the beginning.”
Е̃ ñum̌a
“I see. What exactly do you mean?”
“Let’s think back to Floor 1. With only a few hours left on the Nightmare Time Limit, right on the brink of the world’s end, Person123 succeeded in clearing Floor 1.
The remaining Nightmare Climbers must have been in deep anguish. Should they attempt it themselves, wait for someone else to succeed in the time remaining, or, since the world was ending anyway, simply die as they were rather than face a horrific death…
Judging by how late the clear came, Person123 must have been no different. Odds are high that he, too, was closer to an ordinary person than some born superhuman. Mentally speaking.”
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Richard held up two fingers.
“Next, what about Floor 2? Communication Channel nickname Jackal, the second Nightmare clearer, provoked Person123 by declaring that he would take on the challenge first.
Е n u mа̃.і̃d̂.
Person123 didn’t stop him; he cheered him on. My guess is that up until this point, Person123 still harbored a hope that someone else would clear Nightmare in his place.”
“I see. So Person123 was also afraid of clearing Nightmare?”
“Who wouldn’t be? Fear of the unknown is humanity’s most primal terror.
These days Person123 freely publishes every detail of Nightmare, so people tend to overlook it, but a first clear means throwing yourself bare against that unknown, over and over again. Unless a person’s brain is broken, there’s no way they could feel no fear.”
Richard wagged the two fingers he’d raised.
“I believe Floor 2 was the point where Person123’s resolve fully hardened.”
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“Full resolve, meaning…”
“What happened before Floor 3 was cleared?”
Jude thought for a moment before answering.
“Person123 officially declared a twenty-day clear, didn’t he?”
“Correct. With the death of the second Nightmare clearer, and with clearing Nightmare once again, Floor 2 right on the heels of Floor 1, I suspect Person123 arrived at a certain conviction.
That no one but himself could clear Nightmare difficulty.”
Е ṅum̄ a .і́ď
Jude nodded.
“Which is, in fact, the truth.”
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“Yes. And I believe this is when Person123’s savior identity truly awakened. He had come to realize that he alone could save humanity.”
Richard rested his clasped hands on his knee.
“His course from then on was nothing short of extraordinary, heroic even.
On Floor 4 he shouldered a lethal penalty for the sake of a small number of people, he cleared every last Sub-Tower across the entire world, and at the Masked Auction he gave up all the rewards and stopped the climbers’ rampage for the sake of ordinary people.
E̊ n ũ m̊ ȧ
The public was ecstatic, singing his praises, and yet I felt a certain sorrow for him, for Person123. As I said, if you look back at his early days, up through Floor 2.”
“Because Person123 was an ordinary person, no different from the rest of us… is that it?”
“Exactly. A human being just as afraid as anyone, just as unwilling to climb the Tower, who simply chose to bear it all for humanity’s sake.”
Richard gave a slight smile.
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“Though saying this sort of thing does make me a little nervous about the Person123 Church.”
“Haha, speak freely. That’s the kind of show this is.”
W е b n̆оv еl̂ Е nŭ m̌а
“Precisely because Person123 is not a god but an ordinary human, I found him all the more sublime. The human being, Person123, who endures all that fear and pain and still walks that path…”
Mid-sentence, Richard let out a short, rueful laugh and shook his head.
“Yes, that’s what I used to think. Until quite recently, that is.”
“Hm? Are you saying you no longer do?”
“It’s less that I don’t, and more that I simply no longer know. Given his recent behavior.”
Richard’s expression stiffened slightly.
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“How did Person123 face a boss of his own level after losing nearly all of his Climber’s power? And how on earth did he wipe out thousands of monsters in Zone 5 in mere tens of minutes?”
“Well…”
“And why was Floor 9 cleared so quickly? Yes, he nearly ran out of time on Floor 8, but still, in a matter of mere days?”
Richard let out a small sigh.
“Does clearing Nightmare even frighten him anymore? All this time, I believed I personally understood the human being called Person123, but now I can’t presume to fathom him.
Perhaps Person123 has truly become some kind of transcendent being… honestly, lately, even that thought has been crossing my mind.”
Ẇ еb.nоve l Еn u ḿ.а̊
Jude let out a sigh of his own and nodded.
“It’s true that Person123’s current pace could almost be called a rampage. He did say he’d be speeding up his Nightmare clears, but surely he won’t clear Floor 10 within days too…”
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Just then, a staff member rushed over.
“We just got word that Nightmare Floor 10 has been cleared!”
“…”
The two men were left speechless.
Ẃе̇b n ŏ v̂ ël̈ Е nu m̌_а
After a moment of blank silence, Richard closed his eyes and murmured.
“Dear God.”
Floor 10, cleared.
Yet another Nightmare clear within a matter of days, and the world turned upside down.
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[Pablo: ??? what even is this]
[BlackHole: insane, ANOTHER clear?]
Ẅ ёb n о v́ e l Е.n ŭm̌ ā
[Angel: no way… wow…]
[RedDragon: Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123! Person123!]
[KimchiFriedRice: God exists, and He resides in the Republic of Korea]
The Nightmare Time Limit, increased to three years!
Floor 10 was cleared before people had even finished celebrating Floor 9; by now, everyone was simply dumbfounded.
[Comet: Is he planning to keep clearing at this pace?]
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[Penicillin: dude… this might actually, for real…]
Until now, it had been a desperate scramble just to buy one more year every time the Time Limit ran down.
So no one had ever even considered the idea of an ‘end’.
But at this rate, if Person123 kept blazing through Nightmare at this breakneck speed…
Could he actually clear the Tower, all the way to the very top?
Some people began to hope.
E̊ n umа
Others worried that Person123 might be pushing himself too hard.
But there was one thing no one knew.
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The real reason he was rushing through Nightmare like this.
The world simply rejoiced that the Nightmare Time Limit had been extended to three years once again.
*
Until the Floor 10 rule, the Joint Battle, began.
Е̇ nù m̈ а
I used Pankera’s Crown to explore the Mental World a little further.
“Ngh.”
Focusing my mind, I try to reshape the space into a city.
But the buildings and streets materialized like a low-resolution image, nowhere near as detailed as actual reality.
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“This isn’t easy.”
This space is no different from the inside of a dream, so I can control it at will.
Ē ń u ḿа́
But that didn’t mean everything actually went the way I wanted.
Simple things, like conjuring basic objects or changing the space’s colors, were doable…
But unfolding a true replica of the real world around me was no easy task.
The shoddy city I’d conjured transformed into a kingdom swept by a raging blizzard.
The Demon King’s doing.
I sat on the palace roof and looked down at the people living and moving through the city below.
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The world the Demon King manifested was detailed like true reality, beyond any comparison to mine.
“How do you do this, Demon King? I can’t even manage buildings properly, let alone people.”
The Demon King standing beside me preened.
“Such is the difference in our caliber.”
Well, the gap was undeniably huge, sure…
Maybe I’d get there with more practice?
Ên ŭm̌а̌. і d́
I hopped down from the roof.
At that, the knights patrolling the palace came chasing after me.
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“Intruder! Seize him!”
Oh, come on.
It doesn’t need to be this realistic.
Laughing in disbelief, I vaulted over the palace wall and fled into the city streets.
Еnŭ_ṁ а̀
‘Wait, what happens if I stop time in here?’
The thought struck me as I was running through the crowd.
I tried stopping time.
“…”
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But the people around me went right on moving.
Hm, so time stop doesn’t work in here.
Е n um̄ а .і́ ď
The Mental World is technically inside my own mind, and my mind keeps running even when time is stopped, so… wait, huh?
‘Then what happened outside?’
The moment that occurred to me, I returned to reality at once.
And out there, time stood frozen.
Ah, I see.
So that’s how it works?
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The Mental World is my mind, so it keeps moving even when time is stopped.
It was time in the real world outside that froze.
[Item: Pankera’s Crown]
The crown of Pankera, the Dream Demon King who governs dreams and illusions. While wearing the crown on your head, you may enter the Mental World. Anyone in direct physical contact with your body may also be pulled into the Mental World. Time flows identically in reality and the Mental World.
Then hold on…
According to the item description, time in the Mental World and the real world flows identically.
W е̂_b̀ nо̃ ve l Е̇ń u m̄ а
But what if time in reality is frozen while I stay inside the Mental World?
– Then you could remain forever.
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‘Right.’
I could live in the Mental World indefinitely.
Of course, that still wasn’t particularly useful for clearing floors or anything.
Even so, it meant I’d gained a private space where I could stop time and still move around freely.
Ĕ nù m̊ а̊.íd́
‘At least I won’t be bored hanging out in here with time stopped.’
And if I got better at handling the Mental World, it might come in handy in all sorts of ways, no?
With that thought, I released time.
I put the crown back into Subspace and checked the remaining time.
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[Remaining Time: 36 minutes 8 seconds]
I had already posted the intel on Nightmare Floor 10 to the Communication Channel.
Е̃ nŭ m̊ а̇
Though it probably wouldn’t mean much.
The Floor 10 theme on the other difficulties wasn’t Parallel Worlds or anything like it; it was combat in a maze.
In other words, Nightmare’s Floor 10 alone was completely different.
Odds were, Floor 10 would be different for every Nightmare Climber anyway…
Still, just in case, I posted the information.
And there was something Floor 10 had made me want to warn people about, too.
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[In 24 hours, the ‘Joint Battle’ will begin.]
[When the time comes, 100 Climbers who have cleared Floor 10 will be randomly summoned to Floor 5.]
[While the ‘Joint Battle’ is in progress, Climbers other than those summoned cannot enter Floor 5, and any Climbers already inside will be forcibly expelled.]
The Joint Battle, soon to begin.
As announced, 100 Climbers would be dragged to Floor 5…
I’d been picked for the last Masked Auction, but this time, I might not be.
E̊ nu m ӓ. іd
And I was deeply uneasy that the Tower might pull the same stunt it had back then.
If I wasn’t chosen, there would be nothing I could do but pray the other Climbers handled things well.
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[Person123: If something similar to the Masked Auction occurs during the Joint Battle, I ask that you Climbers please make the wise choice. Accept the Tower’s offer, and all that awaits at the end is ruin.]
That was why I’d posted this alongside the Floor 10 intel on the Communication Channel.
Telling everyone what became of the world that chose the Ark in the Floor 10 Parallel World, and warning them never, ever to fall for the Tower’s temptation.
[Dinosaur: A Parallel World that took the Tower’s offer on Floor 8? For real?]
E n um̆_а̃
[Starlight: Why is Floor 10’s theme different from the other difficulties?]
[Terry: Because it’s Nightmare, duh!]
[PineTree: haha fair enough]
[DonQuixote: whoa… so he took his own life, and then another Person123 brought him back…]
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[Triangle: wait, so if you reach Nightmare Floor 10 you’d learn Person123’s identity too? whoa]
[Seeker: how are you gonna reach Floor 10 when you can’t even beat 7 lol]
E nǔ m ӑ.í d
[Emperor: more importantly, isn’t Floor 10 just impossible for the other Nightmare climbers? how do you fight Person123 and win?]
[Secret: I can’t even begin to guess what kind of bullshit the Joint Battle’s gonna be;]
[Gold: Person123 is warning us. Everyone read it carefully and take it to heart]
I looked over the Communication Channel for a moment, then closed it.
Time passed.
[Remaining Time: 10 seconds]
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The remaining time wound down…
I stared at the empty air in front of me.
However queasy I felt about whatever was coming, it would still be best if I got picked.
There was no way I could trust the other Climbers with this; they made me too nervous. Whew.
[Remaining Time: 1 second]
The moment the time ran out.
Ѐ ñu_m̈ a . ĭd
“…”
The scenery before my eyes didn’t change.
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I tried entering Floor 5.
[The ‘Joint Battle’ is in progress. You cannot enter Floor 5.]
…Son of a bitch.
I didn’t get picked.
Е ň u m а̊
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